go

Compared meaning: to function, said of a machine (verb).

比较义项：（机器、装置等）运转、工作（动词）。

• go 本词

  Informal and intransitive only; used mainly for simple mechanisms like clocks or watches, often to say whether they function at all, frequently in negative statements.

  口语化，且只能用作不及物动词；主要用于钟表等简单装置，常用来说它们是否能运转，尤其常见于否定句中。

  This watch hasn't gone properly since I dropped it.

  自从摔了一下之后，这块手表就走得不准了。

• work

  The most general and neutral word; intransitive, used for almost anything (machines, appliances, plans) to say it functions correctly or achieves its purpose.

  语气最中性、最通用的词；用作不及物动词，几乎可用于任何事物（机器、电器、计划），表示它正常运转或达到预期效果。

  The heater in our office hasn't worked since Monday.

  我们办公室的暖气从周一起就一直不能正常运转了。

• run

  Can be transitive (run a machine) or intransitive (an engine runs), emphasizing continuous or ongoing operation, often with a person driving it.

  既可作及物动词（开动某机器），也可作不及物动词（引擎运转），强调持续或正在进行的运转状态，常带出操作者。

  She runs the sewing machine for hours without stopping.

  她连续几个小时不停地开动那台缝纫机。

• operate

  Usually transitive; a person operates complex or technical machinery, implying skill or training; more formal and technical than the other words.

  通常用作及物动词；指人操作复杂或技术性的机械，暗示需要技能或培训；比其他几个词更正式、更专业。

  Only certified technicians are allowed to operate this equipment.

  只有持证技术人员才被允许操作这台设备。

All four describe a machine working. Go is informal, for simple devices like clocks. Work is the general, neutral word. Run stresses continuous operation. Operate is formal, for a person running complex machinery. Not compared: go 'become', work 'a job', run 'running', operate 'surgery'.

这几个词在“（机器、装置等）运转、工作”这一义项上意思相近，但语气和用法有别：go 偏口语，常用于钟表等简单装置；work 最通用中性；run 强调持续运转，及物不及物皆可；operate 更正式，通常指人操控复杂机械。这里不比较 go 的“前往／变得”义、work 的“工作／职业”义、run 的“跑步”义，以及 operate 的“动手术”义。